Does anyone else get unreasonably upset when someone DNFs a book and rates it 1 star because they didnt reach the point of growth in the book? Like, I love books with unlikeable or weird or complicated main characters. That means that for the first half of a lot of books you don’t like them! And for some reason people think this is the author glorifying their thoughts or agreeeing.

I just feel like we need to stop thinking that portraying a mindset means agreeing or glorifying it, and that if a character is problematic it means the book is BAD. And if you can’t make that distinction then maybe you shouldn’t be seeking out books that say they have a problematic or complicated main character or contains things that you don’t agree with. I get upset when a great book gets a one star review because someone couldn’t trust that the character might grow or even that there’s a point being made intentionally by letting them be problematic.

Edit to clarify I am totally fine with DNFing it’s the giving a bad rating without even reading the full book OR condemning a book that might be very well written but has a character that they disagree with that annoys me more.

LMAO “this is the best job” “I love hockey”… their reaction to the team getting comfortable on the plane genuinely made me laugh out loud.

Did everyone see the email from PB? Basically it noted the different and entire types based on how many posts are already in a forum. Which is your preferred adventure?

Stadium concert 200+ Arena show 100-200 Theater set ~50 Underground session <50

I prefer seeing other people's reading journey on books I've already read, vs making my own posts during a read. So theater set and underground session are my favorite. I like seeing the show size grow, if that makes sense.

Have yall read a series where every book was amazing? Like either four or five stars? I'm on book 7 of the Cowboy Colony Mail-Order Brides series and every single book has been amazing for me and I was wondering has happened to anyone else??

Maybe it’s just me, but this whole Zander “making her job difficult” thing is so irritating. It’s like when people would excuse boys for bullying girls cause they had a crush on them. Like talk about it!! You are grown.

I’m hoping he’ll stop pissing me off lol

Something funny Like makes you LAUGH Almost all the books I have can send me into a depressive episode and I need to fix that

Did everyone see the email from PB? Basically it noted the different and entire types based on how many posts are already in a forum. Which is your preferred adventure?

Stadium concert 200+ Arena show 100-200 Theater set ~50 Underground session <50

I prefer seeing other people's reading journey on books I've already read, vs making my own posts during a read. So theater set and underground session are my favorite. I like seeing the show size grow, if that makes sense.

i was watching a video by Man Carrying Thing on youtube, and he mentioned "depiction does not equal endorsement." this is a statement i wish was more popular with younger readers, especially when they first encounter books with taboo topics, dark romance, etc. things that one might consider to be "dangerous."

anyway my point with this post is to ask if anyone else has an idea or a concept about books and reading as a whole that they wish were more popular?

How did you get into reading? I know maybe a simple question, but I got into reading because of my Godmother, she was a librarian for a school board and always gifted me books for Christmas and birthdays growing up. They would always be different genres and always something i would never choose myself. This made me really appreciate stepping outside your comfort zone to find something you may like (or may not like lol). Last year, we decided to share a read together and again it was something I likely would have not picked up myself, but I was left with that feeling of appreciation for stepping outside your comfort zone and nostalgia for the old traditions manifesting itself in different ways.

So how does your story go? Have you been a reader since before you can remember? Was there a teacher or loved one that showed you the joys of reading? Or did you stumble upon reading later on in life?

Tell me, I'm nosy!!

Is anyone here also a writer? Where can we buy your books? My debut is still a WIP!

Special event readalong starts in one week (Jan 15)! What’s your pick to read?

I’ve chosen Black Cake - litfic exploring familial relationships across generations? Sign me up! Also, I think there’s a tv show I can watch after too, like a reward 🤭

Hey all,

Any recommendations for ways to annotate? I only ever really did it for academic texts, but now that I’ve become a kobo libra color girlie I’m trying my best to getting into annotating my ebooks….and I can’t help but feel like I’m doing it wrong 😂

Like, is it okay to just highlight stuff and react to it or make predictions?

I feel like it’ll help me make my book reviews better.